Cec Cooper
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| Full name | Cecil James Cooper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1926 West Wyalong, New South Wales Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cecil James Cooper (born 21 February 1926) is a former professional rugby league player and coach of the 1950s. A New South Wales representative centre, he captained and later coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.[1] He is the brother of Australian international Lionel Cooper and fellow Canterbury-Bankstown players Col Cooper and Reg Cooper. In 1953, when captain of his club, Cec Cooper suffered a fractured spine.[2]
References
- ^ Cec Cooper at thebulldogs.com.au
- ^ "Cec Cooper has fractured spine". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 9 April 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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